TRIAL BY JURY IN SANFRANCISCO.

Temuka Leader, Issue 406, 28 June 1881, Page 2

TRIAL BY JURY IN SANFRANCISCO.

Early in the present year a man named Oliico Fbrster was shot in Los Angelos, California, by his sweetheart, Lastania Abarla. The trial of the girl came off on April 20, and axoited great interest. The

d efence was paroxysmal hysteria anrV emotional h sanity, superinduced by the seductiou of the defendant and the refusal of the deceased to marry her. The prisoner, who is beautiful and attractive, is half Spanish and half French. She; testified to being engaged to Forst rin mnrange, and produced a note i:i which: he promised to marry her in a few days.. This note was written about a week before the killing. Ui: Friday, March 11, Forster took her to a room in the Morse House and lived with her three days, telling her that it was all right, that he had> ft manage license and would marry her on the following Monday. He failed to fulfil his promse and she declined to him longer unless married. On' "" the? Tuesday sle went home to her mother who turned her out of doors because she was : not married. She resolved to kill i.erself rather that live in disgrace, and purchased a revolver for that purpose. Then j she got her sister and a hack and drove to where Forster was. He got into the hack with them and drove to the church but refused to get out to be married. They then drove to the corner of Commercial and Los Angelos streets, flrbere hegot out. « She followed. She stated that she had \, no recollection of killing bins, and did not know anything clearly ttll shM foumrfi herself in gaol. The verdict from a Cafiforaran jury wab of course "not guilty," whicb wns received with enthusiasm by the assembled crowd'.. Cheers rent the air, and a large concourse gather3d to take & look at the released young lady. Slid was escorted out by another door to avoid the crowd, ba& the peopfe thronged alt around the building to see her. A closecarriage was called, and the. young lady and her sister were placed in it aud with? difficulty driven through the crowd to. their home.